Drawer and construction for show and stock cases.



E. W.-WARSOP. DRAWER AND GONSTRUGTION POE SHOW AND STOCK GASES.

APPLICATION FILED QQT-29,1908.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

- manner that the drawers will slide side by UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD W. WABSOP, OF, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

DRAWER AND CONSTRUCTION FOR snow AND s'rocx GASES.

To all whom it may Be it known that I, EDWARD 1V. \VARsoP, a citizen of the United States, residing at -Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Drawer and Construction for show and stock cases and the main object. of

the invention is to provide means for guiding and supporting the drawers in such side without any intervening partition.

A further object of the invention 1s to provide such means in connection with a show case having a transparent top so that the drawers present a neater appearance than would be possible with drawers separated and guided by partition strips. a

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. Figure l is a perspective of the case. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the upper part of the case. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of a portion of the case. Fig. 4 is a section on the line w-a: in Fig. 2, showing the guides for the drawers. Fig. 5 is a section showing means for retaining the drawers in closed position. F ig..6 is a perspective of one of the display and stock drawers.

4 The invention is particularly adapted for selling small articles such as drapery hardware or other hardware, and is illustrated in that, connection.

The case comprises'a body portion 1 having a frame formed, for example, with four legsB which support the body portion 1 and the top portion 2 and are mounted on double wheel ball bearing casters 3 to enable the case to beeasilymoved. The top portion 2 is a displaya'nd' selling stock portion, said portion 2 being provided with a series of drawers 5, 6 7 arranged side by side, and adapted to receive the article to be displayed and sold. Each-drawer has a handle or .knob .9,"-preferably recessed into the drawer front,-so as not-to project beyond the face of the drawer. This knob has a metal flush Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 30, 1910, Application filed October 29, 1908. Serial No. 460,155.

drawers, said glass top plate being fastened to the end walls 10 of the top member by screws 11, the tops of which are flush with the top of the glass plate, said glass plate beingcountersunk to receive the screw heads.

articles. In the case shown, there are three kinds of drawers provided. The center drawer 5 is for, receiving large articles, this drawer being without partitions; the drawers 6 at each side of the center drawer are for receiving curtain rod'fixtures; and

a series of drawers 7 is provided at each end of the case for receiving other small :hardware articles. 7 bottom 15 extendingfroni the rear to the front end, thespace above'this false bottom being subdivided by partitions 16 to receive rod supports, etc., and the space beneath the false bottom may be utilized for the reception of extension rods or the like, which are too long to be placed in the subdivision above the false bottom. The opening or Each drawer 6 has a false.

space 17 at the front of the false bottom enables the extension rods to be viewed from above the case by looking thro gh the transparent top. In order to insert and remove the rods, however, it is necessary that the front end of the drawer should be moved out of the way and for this purpose said front is formed as a door 18 hinged at 19 to the drawer, so as to turn down out of the way,

as shown in Fig. 6, said doorhaving one or I in the case under he top so that itcan'ihe pulled out at eith the front or the back of the case according to which operation will give quickest access to the articles desired. Thedrawers are guided by a. guide fla e,

rail or strip 25 secured by screws 26 to t e of the case, said -strip --hav bottom board or plate;27 of the top member an enlarged head 29 and the side wall h? each drawer being grooved, as at 30 to fit the head and web of the rail 25 'so that each drawer is guided by a rail at each side thereof, and the upper part of the wall of each drawer is in close proximity to the top part of the adjacent wall of the next drawer. By these means a minimum ofspace is occupied and a neat appearance is presented at the top of the case. A sna or catch 31 is provided at the forward en of each drawer, 'said catch being formed as a spring member having a projection 32 adapted to engage in-the recess 33 in the bottom of the drawer or the end wall thereof, as shown in Fig. 5, so thatwhen the drawer is pushed in it will be caught and held in closed position but can be released by a positive pull thereon in either direction. Each of the drawers 7 may have partitions which may be formed in removable trays 34, or may be attached dit-ions 38.

rectly to the walls of the drawer, as at 39.

The lower portion of the case is utilized for reserve stock or-for articles used with those in the top part of the case, but too large to be received therein. For this pur pose the case has sliding doors at the front, rear and ends thereof, there being three doors at the front and rear and two doors at each end and said doors slidin past each other and ided by rails 35 on t e 'top and 1- tion of the case. Partitions 36 divide the space within this portion of the case and one or more shelves. 37 .may also be provided for dividing said space. Below this portion of the case a series of compartments may extend longitudinally of the case, these compartments In one of the drawers for example, an

ing separated by parti-' or the compartments thereof'are provided with tags or labels, indicated at 42 corresponding to the numbers on the card Similarly, the various shelves or compartments of the reserve 'case 1 and of the reserve portions 43, or generally all the compartments of the whole case, may also be provided with tags corresponding to the cards in the index.

What I claim is:

1. In a show and stock case, a drawer provided with a false bottom extending over a portion thereof, leaving an o ning between said bottom and one end of t e drawer, and a movable closure at one end of said drawer consisting of a door hinged to the drawer and catch means for holding said drawer in closed position said catch means comprising mterengagingdevices on the door and onthe body of the drawer.

2. A show and stock case having a transindex.

parent top and an open topped drawer supported beneath said top, said drawer being provided with a false bottom extending over a portion thereof, leaving an openin be tween said bottom and one end o the drawer, and a movable closure at one end of said drawer consistingl of a doorhinged to the drawer and catc means for holding said drawer in closed position said catc means comprising interengaging devices on the door and on the body of the drawer.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 24th day of October, 1908.

EDWARD .W. WARSOP.

In presence of- I ARTHUR P. KNIGHT,

' FRANK L. A GRAHAM- 

